Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-05-10
BowsER's EXPERIENCE.
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What NE. Bowser dijn't knos about
drsssmskins mp to = week ago wasn't
worth knowing. What he Doesn't kno~
nov would GIL . lsrss-sired book. ] ".
he,,ins about the delay on the part OF
my drss.maksr when be suddenly turned
on me With;
"Mr. Bows.r. its all Internal non.
sense. When order suit Of clothes
they are ready for me o, the date SET
and u there IL any reason Why dress
maker can't do business on business pin
eipls. I want to know H."
But I can't help it, protested.
"No. you can't! You women are
fool. to be imposed upon as you are
Ia like TO see one Of these drs.smsker'
b.mbcorle me around the way they DO
you =
"Bu, you don, wear dresses"
"For which thank heaven There 10
nor. nonsense aboa, selecting . DIRE"
and having !, made up than is'esn Ia a.
lido, asylum in year I'sll you It's all
bO.h.'
"yOu nigh, .slee, my dress goods for
me-
"oh I might! Well. hang me II !
don't. Zee. sir. I'll 20 rish, down 'hi'
afternoon and buy you ns- dr'''. ard
I'll follow the cloth until you have 4 on
your bsek I'll show you. Mr.. B,"'e'.
that business IL bu,ire.
lie began operations after dinner N'
Bo- Ger be-, an alarm clock -hleh 90
of TO the minute. he therefore argues
tha, everybody else oush, TO 70 III ~i'h
the same promp,ne. aud despatch lie
Jumped of the car and rushed iaio = Try
good. store and said
"Give me twelve yards Of ',oh fr =
dr.-quiek F"
"Cslieo or silk ," qasried the eek
why. silk. Of course; You may give
me two .hsds-sif yards IN shade.
III take green aud blue"
"Bu, no ore can get q dWs' oli OF
t~elv. yard. Of silk. .ad {" for The
eolop -"
They can't. Ell 4. ho-lsd Bjsssr
"my mother never bad over ten yard.
for . dre... and twelve has 20, 90 make
one ior my wife. The oolor ate all nsh'.
The clerk gave him VIA, he asked
Cor. and Bowser rushed home and tung
the package In my lap 9TH
"Been gone jos, ,kiriy..s,sn minutes
by the watch. while you would have been
fooling around three afternoons There's
twelve fall yard. aud II you have any
pises. left you can line my o'sreo.i
,leevs"
Twelve ynd' Why never get
s'. than ,~sn,y-,hree. Don'i you see
ho- nsuo- ,ilk i. ,"
"um. though, !, We .kssiins ~id.b.
% course. That's another fraud I'm
going 10 look into"
"Apd the .h.ds.-I can't -ssf en-
no one could
"You can't. Well. yoa will. all toe
same. This talk .bos, matching the
complexion uilh dr.. good. i the ,~ad.
de u IDIOTS. II green and blue ~on,
biz you then let her miss. Ia my taste.
aud think I kno~ ~h,, belongs to bar.
mony. Wei 20 down after supper and
get some dit,.m.ksr 10 besin work
"Ba, I know VIA, she'll say"
"Oh. you do. We'll you leave ,ha, 10
me. I'm bo.ins this job. Mrs. B1~,sr.
and III learn you q thing or ,~o before
", ge, through
After supper We drove do.n ,o~n ios
dre.m.ksrs. Aswe 40, ou, ofihe car.
rage Bo-.er charged me 70 keep my
mouth .ha, and le, him DO the talking.
and | shssriully promised obedience.
he carried the bundle under hi. arm.
and =. We entered the shop. be asked
Evil you take . eon,rae, TO build
Mrs. Bo-,er dre.. aud have IL finished
At . certain date"
lie, me see the goods" he replied.
bg, no sooner bad she opened the pack
age than she asked:
IL. I, some fancy skirt for the eireu.
rins'"
"Cireu, ring be ~hOoPed. VIA, i.
there sbou, these goods to remind you Of
the circus ringl"
The color"
"Mr. Bo~,.r." be said. as be turned
10 me. We will 10 elsewhere. |, i' su.
dent ihs, ihi. person has come cut Of
some door.knob factory TO take up dress.
making"
At the second place the drt''msker
smiled q. she saw the eolor. aud replied
that .he ~ouldn', think Of beginning
york without having t~enty.four yards
Of elk at hand.
Then you'll never begin = exclaimed
Bow.sr "l,. high time the long suffer-
ing public kicked sgsin., this dress max.
ing robbery. When buy twelve yards
Of silk for dressmsksr TO steal you can
e,pee, I'm going to die the nes, week "
The third dr,.smsker seemed to under.
stand the situation NA glance. She
opened the .ilk. rolled /, up .gain. and
calmly bu, firmly said
Elm very busy jus, now. You'd bet
ter take I, to some blacksmith shop"
Then be went home for the night.
Bo~ssr Was mad and wouldn't speak TO
me. and as he slept be dreamed Of dress.
makers. and overheard him saying:
"ColOr. tell you lie all bO,h
How many horses or cows do We see
With four OF five colors ,"
The neI, day We visited twelve other
dresmskep. Tvo OF them called Mr..
Bo-.er an old fool. and four Others
laughed Ia his face. while the other .il
refused to have anything TO do with the